Massage apparatus.



G. J. MANNING.

MASSAGE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.17,1909.

" Patented Jan. 18, 1910.

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COLEMAN J. MANNING, OF MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

MASSAGE APPARATUS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed February 17, 1909. Serial No. 478,485.

- ments in Massage Apparatus, of which the same parts in all the figures following is a specification.

This invention relates to massage appliances, particularly to a type adapted to apply a steady or intermittent vacuum to any portion of the skin of the body, or to the scalp, the massage applicator comprising a vacuum massage cup, a vacuum brush or comb having hollow tubular teeth communicating with the air passage, or other suitable vacuum massage accessory. In carrying out my inventionaccording to the embodiment thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings, I employ a liquid conduit adapted for application to the outer end of a faucet as an extension thereof, the stream ofliquid delivered from the faucet passing through the conduit, which is provided internally with means for causing the liquid stream to induce an inward flow of air through a branch inthe conduit, the air being exhausted from the massage accessory which is flexibly connected with the conduit.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,- -Figure 1 repre' sents a sectional view of my improved attachment connected with a faucet. Fig. 2 represents a view similar to a portion of Fig. 1, showing a difierent form'of packing for the joint between the faucet and the conduit. Figs. 3, t and 5 represent modifications.

The same reference characters indicate the In carrying out my invention, I provide a conduit adapted for application to the outlet end of an ordinary faucet 12, said. conduit constituting a continuation of the faucet, and being adapted to extend into a bath tub, bowl, or other receptacle over which the faucet is located, the preferred form and proportions of the conduit being such that it is adapted to be contained in a set bowl under the faucet which supplies the same, sufiicient space being left between the lower-end of the conduit and the bottom of the bowl for a flexible outlet pipe constituting a continuation of the conduit.

In the embodiment of my invention here shown, for purposes of illustration, the conduit is composed of sections 13, 14, and 15, which are connected by the faucet.

screw threads, as

indicated in Fig. 1. The section 13 constitutes the receiv ng end. and'the section 15 I the delivering end of the conduit. The intermediate section 14 has a branch 16 constituting an air inlet which communicates with an annular air chamber 17 surrounding a tapered nozzle 18, forming a part of the section 18. Said nozzle projects into a tapering throat 19 formed in the passage through the section 15. When the stream of water under pressure passes from the faucet through the nozzle 18, it induces an inward iow of air through the branch 16, and through a flexible pipe 20 connected therewith, the. air thus drawn into the co n duit mingling with the water and passing withthe same through the section 15, and through a flexible waste pipe 21 connected therewith. At the other end ofthe flexible air pipe 20 I connect a vacuum massage cup,,or a vacuum comb or brush having an which may be of a flexible character, and constitute air passages through which air is drawn from the surface to which the device is applied, through the air tube 20. and into the conduit above described The section 13 is provided with means for detach able engagement with the faucet, and witha seat. 22 upon which bears an annular compressible packing ring 23, preferably of rubber, which is adapted to form a liquid tight 0int between the conduit and the faucet end. The section 13 is also provided with means for attachment to the faucet, said means preferably comprising an internally threaded collar 24 engaging an ex ternal thread 25 on the section 13, and set screws 26,26, engaging tapped sockets in the ring 24. Y

When the end of the faucet is substantially at right-angles with the axis of the conduit, as shown in Fig. 1, the annular packing 23 may be in the form of a ring In appl ing the described attachment to a faucet, the set screws 26 are first retracted, and the annular packing is seated on the end of thefaucet, after which the set screws .air bhamber and tubular teeth or projections are projected until they bind firmly against" I the exterior of the faucet, or against a metal marri'ng of the faucet by the set screws.-

The operatorin applying the attachment, exerts suflicient endwise pressure on it to hold the packing ,23 properly compressed,- while the set screws are being projected to engage the faucet, the packing being held under. compression by the engagement of 'the set screws with the faucet.

. The flexible waste pipe 21 is important because it prevents the admission of air inwardly from the discharging end of the section 15 thereby preventing a noisy dischargeof the water flowing through the device. If the waste pipe 21 were not employed with an attachment proportioned substantially as shown-in Fig. 1, there would be no appreciable inflow of air through the inlet 16,

because air would enter the chamber 17 through the outletsection' 1.5 sufiiciently to v nozzle 18 and the arrangement of the air prevent an induced inflow of air through the branch The flexible waste pipe 21 becoming filed with water, prevents any entrance of air through the section 15, and

thus insures the desired action of the attachment. YVhen the attachment is used with a faucet over a set bowl, the flexible'waste pipe ma be coiled in the bowl.

It wil be seen that the attachment is adapted to be made of such length that it may be convenientlyused in ,a set bowl Where the space under the faucet is limited, as Well as in or over: a sink, bath tub, orother receptacle where there is sufiicient room for the waste pipe 21 to hang in a vertical position.

In Figs. 8, 4c, and 5, I show modifications of the. means for connecting the attachmentwith the faucet and maintaining a liquid-.

I ,tight-joint between the faucet and the attachment, In the construction shown in Fig. 3, I substitute -forthe collar 2ft a split collar 28 shown in perspective in Fig. 4, said collarbeing composed of separable sections and having a tapered screw-threaded pe.- riphery. The interior of the collar is provided with a shoulder 29 which bears upon the under side of the annular packing 23. 30 represents a nut having a tapered screwthreaded, inner surface adapted to engage the tapered exterior of the collar 28. When the nut is screwed upwardly on the collar 28, it presses the sections of which said collar is composed inwardly against the exterior of the faucet, thus binding the collar upon the'faucet, the shoulder 29 of the collar at the same time holding the packing 23 under compression against the end of the faucet. .It will be noted that the outlet of the faucet is surrounded by a suitable protecting packing. Inthe construction shown in Fig. 5, I employ a collar 31 which is also madein sections like the collar 28, and a tapered threaded exterior engaged by a nut 30. In this case, the section of the collar31 is not provided with the internal shoulder 29, but is formed internally to bearupo'n the periphery of a tubular cylindrical com pressible packing 32, one end portion of which-is ermanently engaged with the section 15, t e other end'portion'receiving the delivery end of the faucet, and being comwhen the nut 30 is screwed upwardly; It will be noted that the packing 32'serves to project the ends of the faucet.

It will be seen that in either embodiment of my invention, the attachmentis provided pressed against the same by the collar 31 with a coupling adapted to detachably enage the faucet, said couplin having means for forming a liguid-tightjoint between the faucet and the attachment.

The conduit sections 13, 14:, 15, and the passages, constitute anaspirator which exhausts the air through the pipe-20." The aspirator is at one end of the pipe 20 and the massage accessory atthe other end.;

Therefore, sincethe pipe 20 is flexible, the

"massage accessory is capable of being moved about over various portions of the hands, face, scalp, or elsewhere, while the user, by

operating the usual faucet-valve, can con-' veniently regulate the amount of vacuum or suction. And by rapidly varying the position of the faucetvalve, the suction can be made vibratory, since the amount of such suction depends on the quantity and speed of the waterflowing through the aspirator;

Or, by rapidly pinching and releasing the end of the flexible waste pipe 21, the vacuum or suction can be made to pulsate, owing to' varying inthis manner the flow through the aspirator.

I claim:

A. device of the class described comprising a coupling member having an annular enlargement forming a hand grip, an aspirator carried by said coupling member, a

waste pipe nipple, a flexible Waste pipe secured to said nipple, a tubular member uniting said coupling member and said waste pipe nipple, said tubular member also being provided with a nipple extending laterally C. F.'BR0WN, P. W. .PEZZETTL 

